Their initial petition for joint maternal custody to welfare agency Bienestar Familiar was denied on the grounds that a same-sex partnership does not consititute a family.

The two women subsequently took out court order to challenge this denial.

The Antioquia court ruled that the couple, both the biological mother and her partner, had the right to joint legal custody of the child and ordered Bienestar Familiar to process the adoption within 48 hours.

Bienestar Familiar failed to process the court ordered adoption, the Inspector General told Caracol Radio Tuesday.

Gay couple adoption still prohibited: Constitutional Court was last modified: November 12th, 2009 by Kirsten Begg